by Lena Gunnarsson | May 2, 2018 | Blind retrieves, Classes, Delivery to hand, Heelwork, Holding an Area, Marked retrieves, Play, Puppy training, Retriever work, Rewards, Spaniel work, Steadiness, Taking and holding |
Every year we have a gun dog summer camp which is just so much fun so we wanted to share a story from our second summer camp a couple of years ago. The previous year’s camp was amazing and this camp was at least as fantastic, according to many of those whom...
by Elsa Blomster | Apr 18, 2018 | Delivery to hand, Heelwork, Steadiness |
I claim that one can pass a novice cold game trial in Sweden through working on deliveries, steadiness and heeling (providing, naturally, that the dog is interested in hunting and will pick up game). I constantly go back to those basics, both in my own training and...
by Elsa Blomster | Mar 14, 2018 | Blind retrieves, Field trials, Heelwork, Retriever work |
When we were in England at a summercamp with Dogs for life and Philippa Williams a couple of years ago we did a lot of ”walking on a line” or rather a “walk up” because that’s what it is called. It is one way to hunt and the dogs and handlers walk on a long line a...
by Elsa Blomster | Oct 25, 2017 | Heelwork |
Follow the leader – or follow the handler Heelwork is something that recurs in all field trials and working tests (and also in obedience trials, rally obedience, and of course in everyday life. The heelwork required in the obedience training differs from the heelwork...
by Elsa Blomster | Dec 18, 2015 | Heelwork |
The difference between an easy marked retrieve and a difficult blind retrieve Last summer when we were in England at Philippa William’s Castleman’s gun dogs & Dogs for Life’s summer camp we got good advice on how to train heelwork. Among other...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Jun 9, 2015 | Heelwork, Training on your walks |
When I began to work on gun dog heeling with Totte, I had been working on his heeling for obedience for two years. That training wasn’t going that well. Totte has always had a tendency to make noise and we weren’t getting anywhere because he was vocalizing. I have...
by Elsa Blomster | Dec 17, 2013 | Heelwork |
When I was in England visiting Phillippa Williams last summer (www.dogsforlife.co.uk) we got to try a slightly different way of training heelwork. Simply put we teach the dog to go forward when we move our left foot and stop when we raise our right foot. Besides...
